Shaping Rights in the ECHR : The Role of the European Court of Human Rights in Determining the Scope of Human Rights


Eva. Brems
Bok Engelsk 2013 · Electronic books.
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Cambridge : Cambridge University Press , 2013
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1 online resource (380 p.)
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Description based upon print version of record.. - Cover; Halftitle; Title; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; 1. The importance of 'shaping rights' - and the difficulties related to it; 2. Shaping rights: four central themes; 2.1 Conceptual, structural and constitutional issues; 2.2 Developments in the case law of the European Court of Human Rights; 2.3 Similar issues in different systems - a 360° comparison; 2.4 A closer look at specific Convention rights; 3. Findings: a compilation; 3.1 Conceptual, structural and constitutional issues relating to the scope of rights. - 2. Constitutive elements of fundamental rights3. Three test cases; 4. Strasbourg's diagnostic test and its shortcomings; 4.1 Mary; 4.2 Smith; 4.3 Betty; 5. Conclusion; 4 Interpreting the protection guaranteed by two-stage rights in the European Convention on Human Rights; 1. Focusing on interpretation; 2. Scope and limit; 3. Wide interpretation advocated; 4. Wide interpretation questioned; 5. Constitutionalisation of disputes; 6. Deluge of cases; 7. Conclusion; 5 The scope of ECHR rights and institutional concerns; 1. Introduction. - 2. The connection between the scope of rights and institutional concerns2.1 Introduction: the assumption of a connection between scope of rights and case load; 2.2 Defining 'core' and 'peripheral' fundamental rights cases; 2.3 Disproving a quantitative connection; 2.4 The qualitative connection: institutional concerns and the scope of rights; 3. Are there any solutions?; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Looking ahead; 3.3 Clarifying the scope of the Convention; 3.4 Setting clear thresholds for Convention applicability; 4. Conclusion; Part 2 Scope and more - developments in the case law of the ECtHR. - 2.3 Evaluation/supervision procedure. - 3.2 Scope and more - developments in the case law of the ECtHR3.3 360° comparison; 3.4 A closer look at specific rights; Part 1 Conceptual, structural and constitutional issues relating to the scope of rights; 2 Between the will of the Contracting Parties and the needs of today; 1. Technological progress; 2. Changing social relationships; 3. Evolution in human rights standards; 4. The Court's jurisprudential tools for expanding the application of the Convention; 5. Conclusions; 3 The scope and balancing of rights; 1. Constitutive v. diagnostic questions. - 6 Defining the scope of economic and social guarantees in the case law of the ECtHR1. Introduction; 2. Economic and social aspects of the Court's case law: avoiding the definition question; 3. Determining the scope of rights in line with the structure of fundamental rights; 4. Framing the issue in a different fashion: defining minimum core obligations; 5. Conclusion; 7 Procedural protection; 1. Procedural scope; 2. Right to a procedure; 2.1 Right to an investigation; 2.1.1 Under Article 2 ECHR; 2.1.2 Under Article 3 ECHR; 2.1.3 Other ECHR provisions; 2.2 Right to a remedy. - An assessment of fundamental questions surrounding the scope of human rights.
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